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. 2016 Mar 15;4(3):2325967116634074.
doi: 10.1177/2325967116634074. eCollection 2016 Mar.

A Systematic Summary of Systematic Reviews on the Topic of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament

Michael J Anderson  1 , William M Browning 3rd  1 , Christopher E Urband  1 , Melissa A Kluczynski  1 , Leslie J Bisson  1
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A Systematic Summary of Systematic Reviews on the Topic of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament

Michael J Anderson et al. Orthop J Sports Med. .

Abstract

Background: There has been a substantial increase in the amount of systematic reviews and meta-analyses published on the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).

Purpose: To quantify the number of systematic reviews and meta-analyses published on the ACL in the past decade and to provide an overall summary of this literature.

Study design: Systematic review; Level of evidence, 4.

Methods: A systematic review of all ACL-related systematic reviews and meta-analyses published between January 2004 and September 2014 was performed using PubMed, MEDLINE, and the Cochrane Database. Narrative reviews and non-English articles were excluded.

Results: A total of 1031 articles were found, of which 240 met the inclusion criteria. Included articles were summarized and divided into 17 topics: anatomy, epidemiology, prevention, associated injuries, diagnosis, operative versus nonoperative management, graft choice, surgical technique, fixation methods, computer-assisted surgery, platelet-rich plasma, rehabilitation, return to play, outcomes assessment, arthritis, complications, and miscellaneous.

Conclusion: A summary of systematic reviews on the ACL can supply the surgeon with a single source for the most up-to-date synthesis of the literature.

Keywords: anterior cruciate ligament; meta-analysis; surgery; systematic review.

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Conflict of interest statement

One or more of the authors has declared the following potential conflict of interest or source of funding: This study was funded by the Ralph C. Wilson Foundation.

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Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) flowchart of literature search process.
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